¹⁰ And Moses said to Yahweh, “Please, Lord, I am not a man of words, neither recently nor in the past nor since your speaking^[a] to your servant, because I am heavy of mouth and of tongue.” ¹¹ And Yahweh said to him, “Who gave a mouth to humankind, or who makes mute or deaf or sighted or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh? ¹² So then go, and I myself will be with your mouth, and I will teach you what you must speak.” ¹³ And he said, “Please, Lord, do send anyone else whom you wish to send.”^{[b] 14} And Yahweh was angry with^[c] Moses and said, “Is there not Aaron your brother the Levite? I know that he certainly can speak, and also there he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will rejoice in his heart. ¹⁵ And you will speak to him, and you will put words in his mouth, and I myself will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you must do. ¹⁶ And he will speak for you to the people, and then^[d] he will be to you as a mouth, and you will be to him as a god. ¹⁷ And you must take this staff in your hand, with which you will do the signs.”